As with all other Dells, the XPS One 27 comes in a variety of SKUs that can be upgraded at will. This means that potentially, many of you PC DIY’ers out there could dive inside and make this a little hot rod with the right parts upgrades. But we’ll stick with the stock configurations for the purpose of this review.

Prices currently start at $1,399 for this 27-inch PC, but the version being reviewed here today costs a little more. The base configuration comes with an Intel Core i5-3450s processor and 6GB of RAM, whereas this version has an Intel Core i7-3770S quad core processor with 8GB of dual channel DDR3-1600 RAM.

This is backed by 2TBs of hard drive space, a 27-inch QHD (2560×1440) display, 2GB NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M graphics (upgraded from Intel integrated graphics), and Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit. There are plenty of ports to keep you connected, including multiple USB 3.0 ports, plus built-in 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0+LE, 10/1000 Ethernet, and both HDMI-in and HDMI-out. This particular configuration has a current MSRP of $1,799. For an extra $200, you can add a 32GB SSD hard drive caching enhancement that speeds up your software loads, boot times, and more.